dashing

dash·ing

adjective

Definition of DASHING

1

: marked by vigorous action : spirited <a dashing young horse>

2

: marked by smartness especially in dress and manners

— dash·ing·ly \-iŋ-lē\ adverb

Examples of DASHING

1. She married a dashing young lawyer from the city.
2. a brave and dashing soldier
3. The actor cuts a dashing figure as a young Jack Kennedy.

First Known Use of DASHING

circa 1697

Related to DASHING

Synonyms

adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, daring, bold, emboldened, enterprising, free-swinging, gutsy, hardy, nerved, nervy, venturesome, venturous

Antonyms

unadventurous, unenterprising

Related Words

brash, daredevil, foolhardy, heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, madcap, overbold, overconfident, rash, reckless, thoughtless, wild; brave, courageous, dauntless, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, swashbuckling, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous; gritty, plucky, spirited, spunky; gadarene, hasty, headlong, precipitate; absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, crazy, foolish, half-witted, harebrained, insane, lunatic, mad, nutty, scatterbrained, silly, wacky (also whacky), witless; unnecessary; dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), moronic, stupid; irrational, unreasonable

Near Antonyms

chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, craven, lily-livered, milk-livered, milky, poltroon, pusillanimous, shy, timid, timorous; careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, wary; overcareful, overcautious; affrighted, afraid, alarmed, fainthearted, fearful, frightened, horrified, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized; unnerved; calm, cool, levelheaded, rational, reasonable, sage, sane, sensible, sound, wise; appalled, concerned, dismayed, upset, worried

Rhymes with DASHING

crashing, flashing, slashing, smashing